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Ilia Topuria
“El Matador”
Lightweight
Georgia#1 LightweightUFC
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17WINS
1LOSSES
0DRAWS
7KO/TKO
8SUB
2DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 29 · born Jan 21, 1997 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′7″ 170 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 69″ 175 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 37″ 94 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #1 Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Team Topuria UFC.com
- Born
- Germany UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Georgia UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Oct. 10, 2020 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 10 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
50%Striking accuracy502 of 1002 landed
24%Takedown accuracy5⚑ of 21 landed
4.82Sig. strikes landedper min
3.97Sig. strikes absorbedper min
62%Striking defense
1.73Takedownsper 15 min
95%Takedown defense
0.86Submission attemptsper 15 min
1.15Knockdownsper 15 min
10:26Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 10 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Justin Gaethje | KO/TKO | 4 | Jun 14, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 28, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Max Holloway | KO/TKO | 3 | Oct 26, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Alexander Volkanovski | KO/TKO | 2 | Feb 17, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Josh Emmett | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jun 24, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Bryce Mitchell | Submission | 2 | Dec 10, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Jai Herbert | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 19, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Ryan Hall | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 10, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Damon Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 5, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Youssef Zalal | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 10, 2020 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.